PISCATAWAY -- After watching Rutgers go scoreless through four quarters in a 39-0 loss to Penn State on Saturday night, Scarlet Knights fans can be excused for wondering: Could Rutgers have scored a point if this went 100 quarters?

It's a fair question to ask considering Rutgers has now gone two straight games without scoring a point and has been shutout four times this season, marking the first time that's happened in a campaign since 1936.

To repeat: It's been 80 years since Rutgers has been shutout four times in a season. The four opponents -- Ohio State (58-0), Michigan (78-0), Michigan State (49-0) and Penn State (39-0) -- have outscored Rutgers by a combined 224-0 in those games since the calendar flipped to October.

While No. 8 Penn State (9-2, 7-1 Big Ten) kept alive its chances to win the Big Ten East Division crown, Rutgers fell to 2-9 overall and 0-8 in conference play before 51,366 fans at High Point Solutions Stadium. It marks the first 9-loss campaign since 2002 for the Scarlet Knights, who will look to avoid further indignity in their season finale next Saturday.

With a loss at Maryland, Rutgers would enter the offseason with the stench of just its fourth double-digit loss season in program history.

The good news for Rutgers (and, yes, we're stretching it with the word "good"): Michael Cintron booted 11 punts versus Penn State, eclipsing the Big Ten record for punts in a season. Cintron, who now has 89 punts for the season, is also on pace to surpass the Rutgers record held by Mike Barr, who punted 92 times in a 1-11 campaign in 2002 next week at Maryland.

Rutgers caught a break on the game's first play, as Penn State's Miles Sanders fumbled the opening kickoff and K.J. Gray recovered it. But the Scarlet Knights failed to take advantage offensively, losing seven yards after a reverse went awry and then missing the field goal as David Bonagura's 45-yard attempt sailed wide right.

Penn State snapped the deadlock midway through the first quarter, as Tyler Davis drilled a 32-yard field goal to cap an 11-play, 46-yard drive.

Davis drilled two more field goals in the first half as the Nittany Lions cruised into the locker room with a 9-0 lead.

The stats were as ugly as the weather, which included a mix of rain and high winds, in the first half for Rutgers: 66 total yards in 27 plays, four first downs, 1-for-7 on third-down conversions and three pass completions for 32 yards.

Penn State broke it open after Rutgers went three-and-out to start the second half. Juwan Johnson, a redshirt freshman from Glassboro who is the brother of former Rutgers standout George Johnson, sprinted untouched and blocked Michael Cintron's punt and Garrett Taylor recovered at the RU 10.

Three plays later, Saquon Barkley dove in from one yard and Davis added a PAT to make it 16-0.

Penn State padded its lead, making it a three-score game as Davis his fourth field goal, a 32-yarder midway through the third quarter. For Davis, it marked his first career game.

The Nittany Lions tacked on three more touchdowns over the final 19 minutes for good measure, as Andre Robinson rushed in for two yards, Trace McSorley connected with Mark Allen on a 27-yard scoring pass and backup quarterback Tommy Stevens ran in from 12 yards with 4:07 to play to produce the final margin.

Penn State outgained Rutgers 549-87 in total yards from scrimmage. Rutgers totaled 39 yards on the ground, and Gio Rescigno completed 7 of 16 passes for 48 yards in the air.

McSorley completed 17 of 33 passes for 210 yards and a TD for Penn State, which was led on the ground by Barkley's 92 yards.

The Nittany Lions now hold a 25-2 advantage in a series that began in 1918, winning nine straight games since 1988, including all three meetings since the Scarlet Knights entered the Big Ten.